It seems Mr. Deadpan, former Nixon speechwriter and actor Ben Stein has figured out how Grandpa McAngrypants can win in November.
He needs…Karl Rove, because brother, he ain’t impressed so far.
“Mr. McCain is running the absolute most pathetic campaign I have ever seen in my whole life,” Stein said in his unmistakable monotone delivery. “His campaign is just heartbreakingly pathetic. He is a very impressive guy. He is a brave guy, but he is running the most lackluster campaign I have ever seen in my entire life. I would have thought Bob Dole’s campaign would have set a record for poor campaigns, but this one is even worse. I mean it is shocking.”
When you’ve lost Ben Stein as a Gooper, you’ve lost everything. Heck, Ben likes Al Franken.
“He is my pal, and he is a really, really capable smart guy,” Stein said of Franken. “I don’t agree with all of his positions, but he is a very impressive guy, and I think he should be in the Senate.”
On the other hand, he thinks Rover is harmless, just the political equivalent of Kevin Smith playing Silent Bob.
“He is one of the nicest, straightest-shooting, most heads-up, kindest guys I have ever met. He is a close friend, and I love him. And the idea that they (media) treat him as some kind of a sinister figure is just ridiculous. He is basically just a big nerd who has an incredible amount of data stuck in his head about what each congressional district is like in terms of its voters.”
For the record, isn’t Rove already unofficially running the McAngrypants World Meltdown Tour 2008?
